…are as justified as the original ones were. This was inevitable, and it’s apparently the only solution to barbarity from another millennium, in the face of passivity by the rest of the world.
Category Archives: War Commentary
Bibi’s Speech
Close to a decade of negotiations meant to end the Iranian nuclear program is about to culminate in the legitimization of that program and an enriched—in both senses of the word—empowered, and no less hostile Iran. Our government and the media that so often resembles its propaganda organ will attempt to characterize this colossal failure of nerve as a personal victory for a lame duck president and a milestone in international relations. It is important that they lose this battle, that the Iran deal is revealed to the world for the capitulation that it is, that the dangers of sub-letting the Middle East to the Koranic scholars of Qom and the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps are given expression, not only for substantive reasons of policy and security but also because the way in which the advocates of détente have behaved has been reprehensible.
It’s who they are, it’s what they do.
ISIS’s Next Target
Yes, Lebanon probably looks quite attractive. Lots of Christians and other infidels there to murder.
I wonder, though, what will Hezbollah do? I’d imagine they’d fight ISIS, since they’re an Iranian client. The big question, though, is whether or not Israel will sit on the sidelines. That would be getting very close to home.
The “Phony” Benghazi Scandal
Hillary’s aides knew within the first few minutes that it had nothing to do with the video:
The revelations in the newly released e-mails were unveiled by Judicial Watch this afternoon at a press conference in Washington. In a press statement, Judicial Watch president Tom Fitton asserted that the e-mails left “no doubt that Hillary Clinton’s closest advisers knew the truth about the Benghazi attack from almost the moment it happened.” Mr. Fitton further opined that “it is inescapable that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton knowingly lied when she planted the false story about ‘inflammatory material being posted on the Internet.’ The contempt for the public’s right to know is evidenced not only in these documents but also in the fact that we had to file a lawsuit in federal court to obtain them.”
Nope, no stonewalling in this administration.
The Department Of Homeland Security
Seven reasons it’s time to shut it down.
It should never have been created.
Bill Nye
Amazing.
Lady Gaga
[Update a while later]
Why is everyone so surprised that a classically trained woman can sing?
She's broadening her audience, and reviving classic popular music to a new generation. Good for her.
— Rand Simberg (@Rand_Simberg) February 23, 2015
[Update few minutes later]
No, It’s Not Poverty That Encourages Terrorism
…it’s welfare. As noted, this is not new.
Blatant Anti-Semitism
…at UCLA.
There is nothing “liberal” about this in any way.
Risk Aversion
…costs more than fast failure.
This is about defense, but it applies to space as well. NASA in particular suffers from paralysis by analysis, as demonstrated by how long and how much money it took to do that stupid Orion test flight last year (and how long and how much more money it will be until the next one). But it doesn’t matter, because Congress doesn’t really care if anything is accomplished as long as the jobs don’t go away. I may expand on this in the next edition of the book.